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SMAD. An Organ of Student Opinion. 1935. Volume 6. Number 10.

That Oratorical Smile

That Oratorical Smile.

Mr. D. W. McElwain began his speech with a cryptic reference to a mysterious assembly somewhere in the ether, which was subsequently revealed to be Geneva in 1926. His hero was identified as Gustav Stresemann—a novel and promising choice. Faulty enunciation of consonants, a defect shared by most of the competitors, made Mr. McElwain a little difficult to follow at times, but with this exception he made the most of an unimpressive voice. This speaker will do well when he leaves his oratorical smile at home and learns not to mispronounce simple words like tribunal. He had evidently listened in to the contest of two years ago.